Playing the Final Four in a football stadium isn't a new phenomenon.
The NCAA first put its premier basketball event in a football venue in 1971; it was held in the Astrodome, the building just across the sidewalk from NRG Stadium in Houston. And in the 80s, the Final Four in a football stadium was a regular occurrence.
The last time the Final Four was in a basketball arena?
That was 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, N.J.
But it wasn't until 2009 that the Final Four moved to midfield of those football stadiums.